Name:   GoneFishin - Subject:   Finally The Left and Right Agree Date:   6/19/2013 1:10:07 PM (updated 6/19/2013 1:12:44 PM)

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and 17 other mayors are urging Congress to restrict the use of food stamps to buy soda and other sugary drinks.

The city leaders sent the letter as Congress is weighing cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the formal name for food stamps.

"It is time to test and evaluate approaches limiting SNAP's subsidization of products, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, that are contributing to obesity," the letter says.